When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled
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- 1. When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled by Aireni Omerri CISA CISSP MSc Founder, ISfA ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 2. Thus far • Royal Holloway 2001-2002, CISSP 2002 • Worked on 3 continents; Africa, America & Europe • ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 3. Agenda •The build up •The fight •The aftermath ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
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- 6. The aid myth contd •US $1 trillion in the last 50 years •the key indicators say Africa is worse off ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 7. Why aid hasn’t worked •aid donors don’t listen to aid recipients •questionable delivery practises •aid is a multi-billion dollar industry ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 8. RICTSP •Funded by the 9th EDF •Beneficiaries; member countries of COMESA, EAC, IGAD and IOC •Ran from 2006-2009 ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 9. Remit •develop a national security strategy for the government agency responsible for promoting the advancement and development of ICT ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 10. Protagonists •Elephant 1 - govt. agency •Elephant 2 - IGAD •Elephant 3 - Danish organisation •Grass - Short Term Expert (STE) ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 11. Sticking point •the government agency submitted a formal request to IGAD to amend the original deliverables •IGAD took 5 weeks to turn the request down ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 12. Amended deliverables •the government agency had drawn up its own risk assessment guidelines •the government agency opted to have a roundtable ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 13. Amended deliverables II •discussion instead of a workshop ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 14. Realisation •the requirements of the government agency, the aid recipient, were secondary to those of IGAD and the Danish organisation ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 15. Communication failure •STE raised issues and concerns with the hierarchy of IGAD and the Danish organisation ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 16. Apathy •STE raised the issues and concerns with IGAD’s implementation of the RICTSP with COMESA, DfID, the EU and TI (Denmark) ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 17. The EU’s perspective •Documents obtained under the EU’s FOI equivalent indicated all was well with the RICTSP implementation ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 18. After the fight •the trampled grass is revived by a tropical downpour and energised by the potency of the African sun ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 19. The aftermath • ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 20. ISfA tagline •Securing the continent •Africa’s security assured ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 21. Behind the logo •closed group on LinkedIn - 103 members; 35 in Africa •Management team made up of 4 ISG Alumni; 2 in Nigeria, 2 in the UK ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
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- 23. Team Cymru •dedicated to making the Internet more secure •they research the ‘who’ and ‘why’ of malicious internet activity •www.team-cymru.org ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
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- 26. African bot distribution • Nov 2009 - countries with highest number of infected computers; Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria, Morocco • Feb 2010 - Egypt’s numbers increased by 20% ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 27. ISfA roadmap •register as a not-for-profit •website •initiatives - infosec awareness, scholarship •raising profile ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 28. Queries infosecafrica@gmail.com ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010
- 29. The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago The second-best time is now ISG RHUL Alumni Conference, 7 July 2010